Our house is getting to be 14 years old now and last year we had to start replacing all the original appliances. This year has continued in the same manner. Earlier this year we had to replace the spring in the garage door so it would even open again. This …

Our friends Brian and Maresa Jackson have this great dog named Trixie and we got to dog sit her yesterday during the day. Trixie is a boxer/ pit bull mix, 80 pounds of energy, and great with kids. Reece loves her, tries to ride her occasionally, shouts out her name …

We got the family newsletter that Melinda put together. Great job, Mindy! It looks awesome. Ily and I have been having a lot of fun writing down our family stories on this website, but I’ve been wishing we could see more from everyone else. This is a great way …

It seems like a father should feel a sense of pride when his son follows in his footsteps. Today Isaac had an experience that I also had as a young 7-year old, but somehow I just feel sad for the kid. He visited the eye doctor today and was given …

I think we have all gotten over the nasty flu/cold virus that has been going around here. The more people I talk to, the more I find out have had the same thing. It was even dubbed, The HP Flu, at work. Isaac and I both had a fever …

We’ve been a one-car family for two weeks now, and it’s not so bad. Not bad at all. I’m especially pleased that I finally had an excuse to get a new bike. I got a cyclo-cross bike because they are easier to put fenders on, are light …

Isaac is playing basketball again this winter. The league is pretty good, they don’t allow stealing the ball or blocking shots, which makes it a lot easier for the kids who are just learning to shoot and dribble. They have a hard enough time without people swatting the ball …

I have now made a batch of 8 loaves of bread in the Bosch. That brings my count up to 38 loaves. The big batch of 8 was tricky, I may have to stick with 6 loaves only. So much for the 9 loaf capacity sales point.

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Since Bryan and I both turned 30 this year, I figured it was time for us to have a proper birthday party. We invited tons of people we knew and picked a date in between our birthdays (yet erring very closely to my actual birthday- um, like the day before …